This might be kind of rambling, and I guess my question is do I try to make her be serious and answer the question correctly or let her be "silly" since she knows the answer.
Whenever DD who is 2 and 1/2 is asked a question she knows the answer to by anyone, us or other adults such as in her co-op pre-school group or library story time group. She gives the wrong answer and gets a goofy grin on her face and giggles. If she is asked which one is larger, or smaller, lighter or darker...I think she finds these questions to easy. She has known these concepts since she was one and is extremely verbal, on par with 6 years old verbally. If asked what color something is she will give the wrong answer many times and laugh hysterically or just give a mischievous grin. Now when she is just speaking in everyday conversation she will tell you what colors things are correctly, which is larger, smaller, smallest, etc.
Other people believe she thus does not know the concept because she is giving wrong or, as she will tell me "silly" answers. This isn't really a problem right now, as DH and I know she knows the concepts and I don't really care what others think, but I am concerned about when she starts school. I am already thinking about kindergarten, and possible early admission since she has started to spontaneously read some words, can memorize entire books after hearing them once or twice, etc. Of course I am thinking of having her tested around 4 to do early entrance to kindergarten.
I don't know if this is just a phase or if she will keep this up. She is definitely a ham and has a sophisticated sense of humor, which surprises adults that she is around. I wonder if I should make her be serious and answer the questions posed to her by others seriously or just let it go and hope she grows out of it and eventually understands that even if a question is easy and bores her she needs to answer it correctly.
She has even told me certain questions or activities posed to her in her groups are "easy for me mama" or boring.
So sorry for the ramble, but guess I want to know if I should try to nip this reaction to easy questions in the bud or just let it be. THANKS
